- Date
- June 4, 1969
- Place
- Reading, PA · READING, PA
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Uncontrolled descent
- Aircraft
- N42637Piper J-3
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 183020
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1269 69/6/4 READING,PA PIPER J-3 CR- 1 0 0 MISCELLANEOUS COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1740 N42637 PX- 0 0 0 AIR SHOW/RACING AGE 53, 10000 TOTAL DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 HOURS, 3000 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - SPAATZ FIELD TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING REMARKS- PLT CONTROL STICK NOT SECURED.STICK BECAME DISCONNECTED DURING LOW ALT AEROBATIC MANEUVER.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N42637
- Reported as
- Piper J-3
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Spaatz Field
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